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Gilbert, Retta Hanks, 1907-2007

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1907 - 2007

biographical statement

Retta Hanks Gilbert (1907-2007) was a Latter-day Saint woman from Utah.

Retta Arthella Hanks was born on April 22, 1907 in Caineville, Utah to Walter Ernest Hanks and Mary Ellen Stewart. She married Ernest George McKinley Aschmann on July 9, 1932 in Sparks, Nevada. After his death she married James Pilch Gilbert on June 7, 1941 in Reno, Nevada. She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 1920s. She died on March 13, 2007 in Provo, Utah.

Citation:
Findagrave.com entry for Retta Hanks Gilbert, November 7, 2013, (born, April 22, 1907 in Caineville, Utah; father, Walter Ernest Hanks; mother, Mary Ellen Stewart; married, Ernest George McKinley Aschmann on July 9, 1932 in Sparks, Nevada; married, James Pilch Gilbert on June 7, 1941 in Reno, Nevada; died, March 13, 2007 in Provo, Utah)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Thea Daniel collection on Irene Smart Weaver and Retta Hanks Gilbert

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233644225]
Identifier: MSS 8303
Scope and Contents

Contains nine audio cassettes of the personal oral histories of Irene Smart Weaver and Retta Hanks Gilbert, two Latter-day Saint women from Idaho and Utah. Dated 1966-2002.

Dates: 1966-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thea Daniel collection on Irene Smart Weaver and Retta Hanks Gilbert

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